One Dry Day

Conservatory roof replacement in Haywards Heath

Haywards Heath had 878 mm of rain a year across 2024 and 2025, about the same as the 911 mm the average town in our ledger had. That still leaves 265 days a year with under 0.2 mm between 8am and 4pm, the kind of day a roof comes off and goes back on.

It also counts 67 noise nights a year, nights with rain hard enough to drum on polycarbonate between 11pm and 7am. We replace polycarbonate and glass conservatory roofs in Haywards Heath with 75 mm insulated panel roofs from £3,000, fitted onto the frame you have.

265
dry working days a year
67
noise nights a year
878 mm
rain a year
Hipped conservatory with a white panel roof, seen from the garden
A hipped roof, same frame, new panels.

Haywards Heath's rain, day by day

Every sliver is one day, darker for more rain; the orange marks underneath are dry working days. Met Office UKV 2 km model data for Haywards Heath, January 2024 to December 2025.

2024972 mm of rain, 257 dry working days
2025784 mm of rain, 273 dry working days

When to book in Haywards Heath

In Haywards Heath the driest working months were June, August and April, and the wettest was September, when 62% of days stayed dry from 8am to 4pm.

The longest run of dry working days in a row was 26, ending in May 2025. The longest wait without one was 6 days. That is why we book roofs a week or two ahead and confirm the day on the forecast: a dry day turns up in almost every week of the year. When to book a roof swap has the full reasoning.

Dry working days by month in Haywards Heath
  1. 22Jan
  2. 19Feb
  3. 22Mar
  4. 23Apr
  5. 22May
  6. 26Jun
  7. 21Jul
  8. 25Aug
  9. 19Sep
  10. 23Oct
  11. 23Nov
  12. 23Dec

dry working days, the three highest picked out. Average of 2024 and 2025.

Rain at night in Haywards Heath

We count a noise night whenever an hour between 11pm and 7am brings 0.5 mm of rain or more, the Met Office's moderate band. Haywards Heath had 67 a year, about the same as the 65 of the average town, and 6 nights with a heavy hour over 4 mm.

In the lab, heavy rain on 25 mm polycarbonate measures 64.6 dB against 52.0 dB for double glazed roof glass. Nobody has published the same test for aluminium panel roofs, so we will not put a number on ours. How loud rain is on each kind of roof sets out what is measured.

980 wet hours a year, by how hard it rains
  • Light (under 0.5 mm an hour)495 h
  • Moderate (0.5 to 4 mm)459 h
  • Heavy (over 4 mm)26 h
Kendal: 92Carlisle: 77Penrith: 79Barrow-in-Furness: 86Workington: 84Whitehaven: 89Blackpool: 82Burnley: 84Blackburn: 87Chorley: 89Durham: 53Darlington: 50Hartlepool: 55Middlesbrough: 48Sunderland: 50Gateshead: 49Morpeth: 51Hexham: 61Stockton-on-Tees: 50Whitley Bay: 50Ripon: 58Skipton: 78Whitby: 59Bridlington: 63Goole: 51Castleford: 52Dewsbury: 55Northallerton: 48Thirsk: 51Driffield: 59Boston: 53Skegness: 55Spalding: 50Louth: 57Grimsby: 55Scunthorpe: 55Gainsborough: 51Sleaford: 51Bourne: 56Horncastle: 57King's Lynn: 58Great Yarmouth: 61Lowestoft: 59Thetford: 59Cromer: 58Dereham: 58Felixstowe: 52Sudbury: 52Haverhill: 54Newmarket: 56Maidstone: 61Canterbury: 60Ashford: 66Folkestone: 72Dover: 70Margate: 55Sevenoaks: 66Tonbridge: 62Gravesend: 53Whitstable: 57Brighton: 69Worthing: 72Eastbourne: 70Hastings: 70Crawley: 62Horsham: 65Chichester: 69Bognor Regis: 67Haywards Heath: 67Lewes: 73Southampton: 65Portsmouth: 66Winchester: 66Andover: 63Fareham: 71Bournemouth: 69Poole: 68Weymouth: 72Dorchester: 75Aldershot: 59Plymouth: 80Torquay: 77Barnstaple: 87Newton Abbot: 73Exmouth: 66Tiverton: 79Truro: 86Falmouth: 80Penzance: 92Newquay: 78Yeovil: 68Wells: 78Minehead: 67Burnham-on-Sea: 70Chard: 73Shepton Mallet: 78Warminster: 70Melksham: 64Calne: 63Marlborough: 68Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath and the towns around it, sized by noise nights a year

Near Haywards Heath

We fit panel roofs across the South Downs, the Weald and the coast from Chichester to Hastings. The nearest towns in our ledger:

All Sussex towns or every town we cover.

Guide prices in Haywards Heath

The same as everywhere we work, fitted with the old roof taken away. Style nudges it; the survey fixes it in writing. What the price covers.

Guide prices from, by style and size
Style Small Medium Large
Lean-to £3,000 £4,000 £5,000
Edwardian £3,150 £4,200 £5,250
Victorian £3,300 £4,400 £5,500
Gable end £3,350 £4,500 £5,600
P-Shape £3,550 £4,700 £5,900
Empty conservatory with a solid panel ceiling after fitting
Cleared, finished, ready for furniture.

Questions from Haywards Heath

How many dry days does Haywards Heath get for fitting a roof?

Our ledger counts 265 dry working days a year in Haywards Heath, days with under 0.2 mm of rain between 8am and 4pm. Most roofs need one; we pick it from the forecast in the week before.

Is a polycarbonate roof noisier in Haywards Heath than elsewhere?

The roof is the same anywhere; the rain is not. Haywards Heath has 67 noise nights a year against 65 in the average town we track, and 26 hours of heavy rain.

What does a new conservatory roof cost in Haywards Heath?

Guide prices are the same as everywhere we work: from £3,000 for a small roof, £4,000 for medium and £5,000 for large, fixed in writing after a free survey.

Do you keep my conservatory frame?

Usually, yes. The bars, the dwarf wall and the frame get tested at the survey, and only a sound frame gets a panel roof price.

Worth reading before a Haywards Heath survey

Price a panel roof in Haywards Heath

Tap through seven questions for a guide range. The surveyor then measures, tests the frame and commits the figure to paper.